The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats measures the performance of companies that have increased for 25 consecutive years. Similar to these US Dividend Aristocrats there are many European firms that are consistent dividend growers. In this post, let us take a look at companies from Europe that have raised dividends for 20 years or more. For …

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The S&P/ASX 200 is the benchmark index of the Australian equity market. However a better benchmark for the overall Australian market is the S&P/ASX 300 index. It contains the S&P/ASX 200 components and 100 smaller companies. This index accounts for 89% of the Australian equity market as of March, 2018. Capital returns of a stock changes …

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The following table shows US companies that have increased their dividends for 50 or more consecutive years: Source: Sure Dividend Download: List of U.S. Stocks with Consecutive Dividend Increases of 50 Years or More(in Excel) Disclosure: No Positions

Some investors are avoiding Europe due to the Greek crisis. There are many European companies that are truly multinational firms with strong presence in emerging markets. Hence despite the current crisis one can be highly selective and pick quality stocks European stocks that offer not only stable growth but also high dividends. Yesterday’s Wall Street …

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The Dow Jones EURO STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index consists of the 30 high-dividend-yielding companies of the Eurozone. The Eurozone countries include Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The ETFlab DJ EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30 ETF tracks the performance of the above index.  The Top 10 …

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